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October 13, 2017

Central Banks: Monetary policy reviews are scheduled next week in Israel, South Korea, Indonesia and Chile. Minutes from prior central bank meetings will be published by the Reserve Banks of Australia and India, and the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book of regional economic conditions gets released. Yellen, Kaplan and Dudley of the Fed speak publicly; so will PBoC Governor Zhou, BOJ Governor Kuroda, and ECB Vice President Constancio. It’s possible, too, that President Trump will name his nominee for the chair of the Federal Reserve. Yellen was nominated by former President Obama on October 9, 2013, and Bernanke’s initial nomination in 2005 was announced October 24.

Special Events: IMF/World Bank semi-annual meetings continue on October 14 and 15. Austrian legislative election on October 15. Extraordinary economic summit of the EU Council consisting of members’ political leaders begins Wednesday and runs through Friday.

Members of the Euro Area: German wholesale prices, consumer prices, ZEW index, and index of leading economic indicators. Current accounts and trade balances for Italy and Belgium. Dutch and Belgian consumer confidence. Spanish GDP, Belgian PPI, Austrian CPI, and France’s index of leading economic indicators.

Australia and New Zealand: Australian employment and unemployment, business confidence index, motor vehicle sales and index of leading economic indicators. New Zealand third-quarter CPI and monthly service sector purchasing managers index.

South Africa and Turkey: South African CPI and retail sales. Turkish unemployment.